i like the name peter, too

Hello, friends. My parents and sister left for Europe, so I'm alone (yes please abduct me because I'm bored). In an attempt to delay the impending doom of boredom, I drove to Starbucks to write a summer letter for a prospective LCM member. When I ordered my drink, I think the barista may have been flirting with me- or was just trying to make conversation. He said Allison was his favorite name. Of course, I froze. This validates a point my friend made- I rely too much on technology for my relationships with people, it's my weakness. I just kind of giggled like an idiot instead of shooting back a response about how you can only like being named after a race car driver so much.

Instead of immediately writing the letter to a future LCMer, I wrote a letter to another guy I don't know. Yet. It was a love letter, and it ended up being 19 pages long. It was about how I know he's out there and I just need to have faith. I know we'll be perfect for each other. I know that we'll help each other grow in faith. I have confidence that he's out there, somewhere. Normally my mom would just say that she was lucky that she found my dad (at 15 years old, mind you) and that there aren't that many good guys out there and would provide no consolation about my ability to find someone. Except this time, she told me that there's definitely someone out there, I just have to remember who has this in their hands. True that, Karen. My best friend said the same thing later that day. I hope that God was speaking to me through them, because now I have so much hope.

After I sat in Starbucks for two hours, I drove around aimlessly, following the heat lightning until it turned into a storm. When I got home, I stood out in the backyard and simply stood in awe at the beauty and power of the lightning. I asked God to help me understand, because I know He was trying to tell me something.

 If He had so much power so as to light up the sky, then I have a force to be reckoned with on my side.

"I will listen to what God the Lord says; He promises peace to His people, His faithful servants- but let them not turn to folly." Psalm 85:8


12. Oceans - Hillsong United